Continuing Legal Education - Workers' Compensation Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board is comprised of distinguished experts from around the country. Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board LexisNexis is a collection of legal specialists, journalists, product developers, market analysts, technology experts, solution nuts, Web mavens, marketing geniuses, database maniacs, and many other types of professionals. The Insider Perspective blog is the place on our Web Centers where you can read what our experts think you need to know. Please feel free to comment on what they say, ask questions, and share with colleagues. Workers' Compensation Law Blog   | Posted By: Fraud Awareness Month November 2009 Fraud Awareness Month November 2009
Welcome! We've designed this resource center to help you locate materials on Workers’ Compensation Fraud, here on the LexisNexis Workers' Compensation... continue reading | |  | Posted By: LexisNexis Workers' Comp Fraud Team Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter 11/6/2009 - Recent Arrests, Charges, Convictions & Investigations Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter... continue reading | |  | Posted By: Howard Stevens Calif. Workers' Compensation: Earnings and Temporary Disability: Old Conundrums, New Complications In 2006 the Fifth District Court of Appeal expressed the opinion that the calculation of the temporary disability benefit was “a fairly simple calculation.” Signature Fruit v. WCAB (2006)... continue reading | |  | Posted By: Institute for Work & Health New Research Guides on Return-to-Work and Participatory Ergonomics Programs (Free of Charge) The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) has produced two guides, free of charge, which you may find useful. One is a return-to-work guide, and the other offers direction on setting up participatory... continue reading | |  | Posted By: Larson's Spotlight When Do Misrepresentations by Injured Workers Cut Off Workers' Compensation Benefits? Workers’ compensation is harsher on fraud than in civil cases. Civil cases use a balancing test, i.e., how bad is the misrepresentation versus the claim, whereas in workers’ compensation,... continue reading | |  | Posted By: Stuart D. Colburn Obesity Costs in Workers’ Compensation Claims Commentators suggest rising obesity rates increase workers’ compensation costs. Obesity may now directly increase workers’ compensation costs if more states require carriers to pay... continue reading | |  | Posted By: John Astad Workplace Incident Data: Fact or Fiction? It’s been an interesting path taking the leap from writing an occasional guest column in the local newspaper to blogging, where all of sudden there is a global audience. Yet even though readers... continue reading | |  | Posted By: Top 25 Blogs 2009 LexisNexis Top 25 Blogs for Workers' Compensation and Workplace Issues - 2009 Honorees
The LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Center has selected its 2009 honorees for the Top 25 Blogs for Workers' Compensation and Workplace Issues . Congratulations to all the honorees!... continue reading | |  | Posted By: Peter M. Sweeny Unilateral Suspension of Benefits by Employers Attacked in Virginia The Virginia practice whereby employers seeking to terminate ongoing benefits unilaterally suspend those benefits in advance of a hearing on the merits is being challenged in three cases currently... continue reading | | | view all posts |
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Now in its 18th year, the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference ® & Expo remains the nation's leading event for anyone involved in the workers'... continue reading | |  | California Workers’ Compensation Defense Attorneys’ Association 2009 Winter Conference, December 3-5, 2009, Half Moon Bay, CA The California Workers’ Compensation Defense Attorneys’ Association 2009 Winter Conference will be hosted by NCWCDAA. The 2009 Annual Winter Conference is a great opportunity to update... continue reading | |  | 2009 Executive Forum on Workers’ Compensation Technology, December 9-11, 2009, Sarasota, FL SARASOTA, FL (CompNewsNetwork) - Tropics Software Technologies has announced that the 2009 Executive Forum on Workers’ Compensation Technology will be held December 9 - 11, 2009, in Sarasota, FL... continue reading | |  | Workers Compensation Research Institute 26th Annual Issues & Research Conference, January 12 and January 14, 2010, Multi-Site Video Conference WCRI's 26th Annual Issues & Research Conference will be coming to a city near you in January 2010!
SAVE THE DATES: January 12, 2010 (Eastern & Central Time Zones)... continue reading | |  | California Applicants’ Attorneys Association 2010 Winter Convention, January 21-24, 2010, Rancho Mirage, CA The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA) proudly welcomes you to attend the 2010 CAAA Winter Convention at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, California from Wednesday,... continue reading | |  | California Division of Workers’ Compensation 17th Annual Educational Conference, February 25-26, 2009, Los Angeles, CA, and March 1-2, 2009, Oakland, CA Division of Workers’ Compensation opens registration for its 17 th annual educational conference.
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On this edition, Jonathan R. Mook, partner with DiMuro Ginsberg, P.C., in Alexandria, VA, discusses the EEOC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend its current ADA regulations to take into account the changes of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit www.lexisnexis.com/communities.
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On this edition, Mark Webb, Vice President for Governmental Relations for Employers Direct Insurance Co., and Robert Rassp of the Law Offices of Robert G. Rassp in Sherman Oaks, Calif., discuss the September 2009 decisions by the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board in Almaraz/Guzman II and Ogilvie II. Topics include the impact on premiums and employers, differences between the earlier and most recent decisions as well as application of the decisions. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit www.lexisnexis.com/communities.
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On this edition, Ken Martino, President and CEO of Broadspire, discusses keeping workers' comp claims under control and differences in how claims are handled in the U.S. and in other countries. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit www.lexisnexis.com/communities.
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